Iraqis see more violence after death of Saddam sons

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/4822078.htm

FALLUJA, Iraq, July 25 (Reuters) - U.S. officials believe the deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons will help staunch attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq. But Muslims in the restive town of Falluja on Friday forecast more bloodshed until the Americans leave.

"We will fight and fight until they leave. We will wage Jihad (holy war) against these Americans," said 15-year-old Badr Muhammad, glaring at heavily armed soldiers protecting a stalled convoy as helicopters circled overhead. snip

"I don't understand why the Americans say it is the former Baath Party people who are killing their soldiers. All Iraqis want to kill the Americans because of the way they act," said Muhammad Abbas, who owns a shop that sells natural honey. snip

U.S. troops shot dead 17 people in Falluja in April, saying they had come under fire. Eight more people died three months later in a mosque explosion that Iraqis blamed on an American air strike. U.S. military officials denied the accusation.

Since then, Iraqis have frequently complained that U.S. troops conduct heavy-handed searches of their homes, frisking women and forcing the heads of households to kneel handcuffed in front of neighbours.

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1. Muhammad Abbas

This must be an a very common name. I believe it's also the name of the little boy who lost his arms and family in US bombing.

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2. Bush has opened the Pandoras Box from Hell

just as we predicted.